Call-bell for table-ware



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W. J. MILLER 82; H. BERRY.

v CALL BELL FOR TABLE WARE. No. 265,929. Patented Oct. 10, 1882.

WITNESSES INVENTORS 4 flWI/L? ATTORNEYS =4. PETERS. Ptwwuthogn her. Wnhinlnn n. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WATSON J. MILLER, OF BIRMINGHAM, AND HENRY BERRY, OF SHELTON, ASSIGNORS TO THE DERBY SILVER COMPANY, OF BIRMINGHAM,

CONNECTICUT.

.CALL-BELL FOR TABLE-WARE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 265,929, dated October 10, 1882. Application tiled July 1, 1882. (No model.)

1 all whom it may concern Be it known that we, WATSON J. MILLER and HENRY BERRY, citizens of the United States, residents respectively ofBirmingham, in the county of New Haven, and of Shelton, in the county of Fairfield, in the State of Connecticut, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Call-Bells for Table-VVare; and We do herehydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of this invention in a side view. Fig. 2 is a perspective view, showing the hell with its attachments. Fig. 3 is a detail of the handle.

. Figs. 4, 5, and 6 are details.

This invention has relation to call-bells for table-ware; and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter a designates a casterha-ndle, and I) Z) are lateral pivots formed thereon or attached thereto, said pivots being turned toward each other horizontally and separated by an interval, 0.

(1 represents the hell, having a stem, 0, extending from its top, said stem having a. threaded end,g,and below thisthreadedendasmooth or pivotal portion, h, on which is seated the socket-piece It. The piece his formed with the lateral hearings or rounded notches at, opening downward and forming socket-bearin gs to receive the pivots of the handle a when the hell is placed in position thereon. Through the piece It is made a central vertical perforation or hearing, Z, which engages the pivotalsniooth portion h of the stein e of the hell, the handle 8 thereof beingafterward screwed onthe threaded end of said stein against the socket-piece k,

holding it securely in position. The handle 8 is usually provided with lateral arms or wings 10, which, when the bell is in place on the cas ter-handle, are designed to project at rightangles to the plane of the pivots, and serve to enable any one to easily ring the hell by a stroke of the finger. As the part It is adjusta ble within the bearing Z of the socket-piece 7c, the arms or wings to may be readily arranged at right angles to the socket-piece, so that they will he in proper position when the socketbearings a are placed on the pivots b of the caster-handle.

This hell can be readily detached from the pivots of the caster-handle forindependent use.

\Ve are aware that. call-bells have been detachably connected to caster-handles, and we do not broadly claim a construction of this kind.

Having described this invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

1. The bell d, having the threaded pivotal stem 6, the adjustable socket-piece 7t on.the pivotal portion, and the winged handle 8 on the threaded portion of said stem, substantially as specified.

2. A caster-handle having lateral separated pivots turned toward each other, and a de tachable bell having lateral pivot-sockets seated on said pivots, and wings or arms projecting from the bell-handle at right angles to the vertical plane of the pivotsockets, substantiall y as specified.

In testimony that we claim the above we have hereunto subscribed our names in the presence of two witnesses.

WVATSON J. MILLER. HENRY BERRY. Witnesses:

CORNELIUS A. BURR, STERLING D. LooKwooD. 

